For I have chosen him so that he will command his children and his house after him to keep the way of the Lord by doing what is right and just. This is how the Lord will fulfil to Abraham what he promised him.’
2 Chronicles 14:3 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised He removed the pagan altars and the high places. He shattered their sacred pillars and chopped down their Asherah poles. Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 for he took away the altars of the strange gods, and the high places, and brake down the images, and cut down the groves: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition He took away the foreign altars and high places and broke down the idol pillars or obelisks and cut down the Asherim [symbols of the goddess Asherah] American Standard Version (1901) for he took away the foreign altars, and the high places, and brake down the pillars, and hewed down the Asherim, Common English Bible He removed the foreign altars and shrines, smashed the sacred pillars, cut down the sacred poles, Catholic Public Domain Version And he broke apart the statues, and he cut down the sacred groves. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And broke the statues, and cut down the groves. |
For I have chosen him so that he will command his children and his house after him to keep the way of the Lord by doing what is right and just. This is how the Lord will fulfil to Abraham what he promised him.’
He removed the high places, shattered the sacred pillars, and cut down the Asherah poles. He broke into pieces the bronze snake that Moses made, for until then the Israelites were burning incense to it. It was called Nehushtan.
He broke the sacred pillars into pieces, cut down the Asherah poles, then filled their places with human bones.
He brought out the Asherah pole from the Lord’s temple to the Kidron Valley outside Jerusalem. He burned it at the Kidron Valley, beat it to dust, and threw its dust on the graves of the common people. ,
He told the people of Judah to seek the Lord God of their ancestors and to carry out the instruction and the commands.
The high places were not taken away from Israel; nevertheless, Asa was wholeheartedly devoted his entire life.
He built the altar of the Lord and offered fellowship and thanksgiving sacrifices on it. Then he told Judah to serve the Lord, the God of Israel.
Then in his presence the altars of the Baals were torn down, and he chopped down the shrines that were above them. He shattered the Asherah poles, the carved images, and the cast images, crushed them to dust, and scattered them over the graves of those who had sacrificed to them.
Instead, you must tear down their altars, smash their sacred pillars, and chop down their Asherah poles.
I will destroy your high places, cut down your shrines, and heap your lifeless bodies on the lifeless bodies of your idols; I will reject you.
Burn the carved images of their gods. Don’t covet the silver and gold on the images and take it for yourself, or else you will be ensnared by it, for it is detestable to the Lord your God.
Instead, this is what you are to do to them: tear down their altars, smash their sacred pillars, cut down their Asherah poles, and burn their carved images.